50 State Quarters
Why Many Different Types of People Collect State Quarters
According to the numbers calculated by the United States Mint, thousands of people have started collecting the full set of their United States Quarters sets. There are many types of coin collectors, including children, casual collectors, and serious collectors.
Children might collect them, placing each state's quarter into its proper place in their state quarter collection book. Families might even share a collection, talking about each state's history as they browse thru their coin book.
Even serious coin collectors might expect to find a few rare quarters within the thousands that were distributed within the limited time frame from 1999 to 2008. For example, a few coins from Kansas were labeled as "In God We Rust" instead of "In God We Trust". In 2005 some Minnesota quarters were printed with extra trees. The Wisconsin quarters are some topic of debate between collectors as there are many with no leaf, some with the leaf pointing upwards, and some with the leaf pointing downwards.
Full collections of all quarters from the Denver mint are more valuable than a set that contains mixed quarters, as are full sets where each state's quarter has been made in the Philadelphia mint. Some might ignore collecting the state quarters due to the large quantity that have been made. Seeing the collection books that cater to children might also deter a serious coin collector.
Seeing that those coins can also be produced with rare errors, however, which make them more valuable, should help convince anyone that they can be more than just a tool for teaching children about our state history. They can also become very valuable and if you already have a full set, you might want to take a better look at them incase you have one that is of rare quality.
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